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Police raid Melbourne’s Dog’s Bar over perverse pirates

A cafe has resorted to putting fig leaves over penises to avoid charges of displaying an obscene art work.

7 Mar 2014 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

David Carruthers, the owner of Dog’s Bar in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda has presented over 250 art exhibitions to thousands of patrons in his space over the past five or six years, but never has he seen such a reaction, or interest, in the exhibited works until now.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina